Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Global Warming Drought Crop Failures - the New Norm

Somebody asked me for evidence - so I'm reposting here... jdl Mac
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Btw, any links to info on these massive crop failures? I've seen localized problems but haven't heard of anything widespread yet
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Drought That Triggered Syrian Civil War Is Worst In 900 Years: Study ...
https://www.techtimes.com › Science › Earth/Environment

Mar 3, 2016 - There is evidence that the drought in Syria between 2007 and 2010 has contributed to the Syrian conflict. This led to widespread crop failure ...

That's one for you - more: Kenya - Nepal - Mongolia - Somalia - Central America - in the U.S. Kansas, Montana - California - the UK: Wales.
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A Climate in Crisis: How climate change is ... - Oxfam International
https://www.oxfam.org/sites/.../mb-climate-crisis-east-africa-drought-270417-en.pdf

Apr 27, 2017 - How climate change is making drought and humanitarian disaster worse in East Africa. Nearly thirteen million people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are ... and rarely have access to economic safety nets when crops fail and.
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Climate change in Mongolia destroying pastures on which nomadic ...
https://www.theguardian.com/global.../climate-change-mongolia-destroying-pastures-...

Mar 10, 2016 - Overgrazing and a cycle of summer drought and winter snow has degraded vital pastureland in Mongolia, killing livestock and jeopardising ...
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Political Pressures Increased Vulnerability to Climate Hazards for ...
https://www.nature.com › scientific reports › articles
by A Li - ‎2017 - ‎Cited by 1 - ‎Related articles
Aug 15, 2017 - Warm and wet climate usually facilitates a plentiful livestock harvest, ... also found that climate hazards often trigger production failures, wars, and even collapse of nomadic nations. ... This period was the “last nomadic period” of Inner Mongolia. .... In addition, We also retrieved annual mean temperature and ...
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For Afghan farmers, climate change is 'god's will'

Climate change is having a huge impact on Afghanistan's agriculture-based society. Despite changing environment patterns, Afghan farmers have a limited understanding of how climate change is affecting their livelihood.
https://www.dw.com/en/for-afghan-farmers-climate-change-is-gods-will/a-41253973
Climate change fuels insurgency in Afghanistan - The National
https://www.thenational.ae/.../climate-change-fuels-insurgency-in-afghanistan-1.1969...

Nov 15, 2016 - People who are losing their jobs due to climate-change and drought will join ... helping Afghan families returning to Kabul province after fleeing to Pakistan. ... snow on mountains to irrigate their crops and water their livestock, ...
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Pakistan's Big Threat Isn't Terrorism—It's Climate Change – Foreign ...
https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/.../pakistans-big-threat-isnt-terrorism-its-climate-chang...

Mar 4, 2016 - But what happens when climate change upends Karachi, the country's .... The flooding and droughts destroy billions of dollars' worth of crops every year, ... Failure to do so would jeopardize the country's national security.
Climate change threatens Pakistan's wheat production - Pakistan ...
https://reliefweb.int/.../pakistan/climate-change-threatens-pakistans-wheat-production

Oct 22, 2010 - Climate change threatens Pakistan's wheat production ... warned that large-scale crop failures, like that of Russia's 2010 wheat crop, will likely become ... They have also developed drought- and flood-resistant crop varieties, ...
Pakistan Feels Warming Woes As Drought Hammers Crop Production
https://www.occupy.com/.../pakistan-feels-warming-woes-drought-hammers-crop-pro...

Jan 23, 2017 - Pakistan Feels Warming Woes As Drought Hammers Crop Production ... global warming is coming down especially hard on Pakistan which is facing ... that the region will face acute crop failures due to temperature increase.
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In 2015 their seeds dried up in a drought that affected more than a million farmers spanning four countries — Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua — in the Central American “Dry Corridor.” Climate scientist Chris Castro told me that the Central American northern triangle, right where Texiguat is located, is “ground zero” for global warming’s impact in the Americas. One thing that is happening, according to Castro, is an “intensification of the mid-summer dry period.” http://upsidedownworld.org/archives/international/central-america-facing-unprecedented-calamity/
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Ravaged by Drought, Morocco Faces a Thirsty Future - Truthdig
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/morocco-awaits-a-thirsty-future/

Mar 26, 2018 - In 2015/2016 a prolonged drought caused Morocco's production of grain to plummet by more than 70%. ... people were crushed to death as hungry farming families queued for supplies of flour. ... To meet the challenges of climate change and water shortages the government has ... America the Failed State.
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Europe faces droughts, floods and storms as climate change accelerates
https://www.theguardian.com/.../europe-faces-droughts-floods-storms-climate-change-...

Jan 24, 2017 - Europe and northern hemisphere are warming at faster pace than the global ... increase in heat extremes, droughts, crop failure and forest fires.
Southern Africa cries for help as El Niño and climate change savage ...
https://www.theguardian.com/global.../southern-africa-climate-change-drought-crop-f...

Nov 27, 2016 - Southern Africa cries for help as El Niño and climate change savage maize harvest ... It has been devastated by a combination of a long drought caused by a ... Successive maize harvests have failed, leaving communities there and in ... Tackling the global challenges of our time, such as climate change, ...
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Climate change threatens Montana's barley farmers – and possibly ...
https://thefern.org/.../climate-change-threatens-montanas-barley-farmers-possibly-beer...

Dec 13, 2017 - Climate change threatens Montana's barley farmers – and possibly your beer ... This “flash drought,” as it became known, was devastating the crop that ... the crop are relatively low, the odds of a crop failure are substantial.
The unprecedented drought that's crippling Montana and North ...
https://www.theguardian.com/.../2017/.../flash-drought-north-dakota-montana-wildfir...

Sep 7, 2017 - Now a flash drought is fueling fires and hurting the lives of those who ... “It's a total loss for me,” said Kirn, who operates a small family wheat farm on ... that climate change is to blame for the sudden drought and ruined crops, ...
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Farm Policy in Age of Climate Change Creating Another Dust Bowl ...
https://insideclimatenews.org/.../agriculture-climate-change-dust-bowl-southern-plains...

Mar 22, 2017 - These extreme conditions are being fueled by climate change. ... worse, especially in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico and Kansas. ... It was really about poor farming practices, plus drought," Cox said. .... Climate Change Could Lead to Major Crop Failures in World's Biggest Corn Regions.
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Climate change causing suicides in India as crops fail | Berkeley News
news.berkeley.edu/.../study-climate-change-already-causing-suicides-in-india-as-crops...

Jul 31, 2017 - Climate change causing suicides in India as crops fail ... fluctuations such as unpredictable monsoon rains, scorching heat waves, and drought.
Climate change and agriculture - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_and_agriculture

Jump to Agricultural surfaces and climate changes - However, reports about the impact of global warming on Russian ... productivity losses and increased risk of drought. ... Low-lying areas such as Bangladesh, India and ...
‎Impact of climate change ... · ‎Projections · ‎Regional · ‎Effect of elevated ...
Droughts in India from 1981 to 2013 and Implications to Wheat ...
https://www.nature.com › scientific reports › articles
by X Zhang - ‎2017 - ‎Cited by 5 - ‎Related articles
Mar 15, 2017 - Finally, the relationship between crop yield anomalies and all four kinds of ... Considering climate change and anthropogenic influences, an overall ..... of yield loss caused by different types of drought condition in India.
Suicides of nearly 60,000 Indian farmers linked to climate change ...
https://www.theguardian.com/.../suicides-of-nearly-60000-indian-farmers-linked-to-cl...

Jul 31, 2017 - Rising temperatures and the resultant stress on India's agricultural sector may ... who committed suicide because of a crippling drought and high debt. ... Climate change may have contributed to the suicides of nearly 60,000 ... to protect against crop failures and try to halve farmer and farm worker suicides.
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Study indicates that climate change will wreak havoc on California ...
www.latimes.com/business/.../la-fi-hiltzik-climate-agriculture-20180309-story.html

Mar 9, 2018 - Climate change could destroy California's role as breadbasket to the nation and the ... California agriculture faces a future of drought and flooding. ... Few crops will escape the dire effects of the transformation. ... The delta smelt heads for extinction, marking a half-century of failed Californ

Extreme weather is hurting Australian farmers – it's time to demand ...

https://www.theguardian.com/.../extreme-weather-is-hurting-australian-farmers-its-time-t...
May 11, 2017 - Heat, drought and floods are affecting Australia's food security but shoppers can ... According to the National Farmers' Federation, the agricultural sector at ... By failing to swiftly and meaningfully act on climate change, we are ...

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